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§§¨¨§¨§¨§§ = = = = elves live in the land = = = = ¨§¨¨§§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§§§§§¨ = = = = beyond the great dam. = = = = §§§¨§¨¨§§§
¨§§§§¨¨¨¨§ = it was built in the late sixties. = §¨¨§§§¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ = = = the elves came to us then. = = = ¨§¨§¨¨§§§¨
¨§§¨¨§§¨¨§ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨§§§§¨§¨¨§
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¨¨§§§§§§§§ they were very manipulative, and we ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§§
§¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ came to trust them. = = = = = = = = us §¨§§¨§§¨§¨
§§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ kids would play down at the water even §§§¨§§¨§§§
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ though we were not allowed. = = = = = = §¨¨§§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨ = = sometimes the sluice would close §§¨§¨§§¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨ entirely, and the river at the dams §¨§§§§¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§§¨¨ foot would dry up, revealing the rocky ¨§§¨¨¨§§¨¨
§§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨ water garden that had been hidden ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§§¨¨§§ beneath, and we would go there. = = = = ¨§§§§¨§§§§
¨§§§§¨§¨§¨ = = = = before the dam opened again, ¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§§§§§ there would be a signal, but the elves §§§¨¨§¨§¨¨
¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ would make us not hear it, and suddenly §¨¨§¨§§§§¨
¨§¨§¨§§¨¨¨ we would find the water rising, already ¨§¨§§§¨¨¨§
§§§§§§¨§¨¨ at our knees. = = = = = = = = = = = = §§§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = §¨¨¨§¨§§¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ = by then the elves would be gone. = §§¨¨§§§¨§§
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